Willi Lang (table tennis player)

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Willi Lang (* before 1922) is a former German table tennis player . He played an international match in the 1930s.

Career

Little is known about Willi Lang. He achieved local successes in Bavaria in the 1930s, initially at the Bavarian youth championships, where he won doubles with F. Göpfert (who was also active in tennis) in 1932. From 1934 to 1937 he was Bavarian champion in both singles and doubles with Plötz. He first played for the club TV 1873 Nürnberg and then moved to TTC Nürnberg-Gebersdorf, where he was still active in the mid-1960s.

Once he was nominated for an international match. Germany lost 5-1 to Yugoslavia, with Willi Lang taking the only victory.

Private

Willi Lang ran a café on Nuremberg's Kaiserstraße. For the footballers of 1. FC Nürnberg he worked as a volunteer cook on trips abroad.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 1967 he played in the age group over 45, see reference [Hans Korn].

literature

  • Hans Korn: The portrait - Nuremberg's two national players , DTS magazine , 1967/19 issue Süd-West, page 26
personal data
SURNAME Lang, Willi
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German table tennis player
DATE OF BIRTH before 1922